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Association Between Children’s Hospital Visitor Restrictions and Healthcare-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Published:2019-04-16 Issue:2 Volume:9 Page:240-243
ISSN:2048-7207
Container-title:Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
language:en
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Author:

Forkpa Hawa¹,Rupp Angela H²,Shulman Stanford T¹²,Patel Sameer J¹,Gray Elizabeth L³,Zheng Xiaotian⁴,Bovee Maria²,Kociolek Larry K¹²

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

2. Infection Prevention and Control, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Illinois

3. Departments of Preventive Medicine-Biostatistics, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

4. Departments of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Abstract

AbstractWe investigated the effect of annual winter visitor restrictions on hospital respiratory virus transmission. The healthcare-associated (HA) viral respiratory infection (VRI) transmission index (number of HA VRIs per 100 inpatient community-associated VRIs) was 59% lower during the months in which visitor restrictions were implemented. These data prompt consideration for instituting year-round visitor restrictions.

Funder

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Link

http://academic.oup.com/jpids/article-pdf/9/2/240/33149392/piz023.pdf

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